Geosciences Testing and Research, Inc.

A Practical Approach to Geotechnical Consulting

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About the firm

GTR is a full-service geotechnical consulting firm with offices in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and Armonk, New York. With more than 25 years of heavy civil and marine construction experience, GTR combines a strong academic and research background with field-tested practical expertise to provide geotechnical engineering, deep foundation design and testing, and construction engineering services. The firm serves public agencies, engineers, general contractors, design-build contractors, deep foundation specialty contractors, architects, and developers across New England, New York, and New Jersey, as well as on international projects. GTR's niche capabilities in geotechnical instrumentation, value-engineering for deep foundation contractors, and remedial design set it apart in the design-build market. Foundation Engineering Services, D.P.C. operates as GTR Engineering of NY from the Armonk office.

Firm type
Geotechnical Engineering

Capabilities

Geotechnical Engineering

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Full-service geotechnical design from preliminary subsurface investigations through cost-efficient and constructible foundation system design. Services support site development, permitting, bid-phase value-engineering, and site-specific load test programs.

  • Subsurface Investigation

    Preliminary geotechnical studies supporting site development and permitting.

  • Foundation Design

    Design of cost-efficient and constructible foundation systems for buildings, bridges, transportation, and marine structures.

  • Value Engineering

    Bid-phase value-engineering services for deep foundation specialty contractors, drawing on GTR's extensive testing database.

Deep Foundation Design and Testing

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Design and testing of deep foundation systems, using an extensive database of testing results or site-specific load test programs.

Construction Engineering Services

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Engineering support during the construction phase of geotechnical projects for public and private agencies.

Geotechnical & Structural Instrumentation

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Monitoring and instrumentation for geotechnical and structural projects.

Remedial Design and Foundation Re-Use

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Remedial geotechnical design and assessment of existing foundations for re-use on new or modified structures.

Design-Build Engineering Services

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Geotechnical and foundation engineering delivered within design-build project delivery frameworks.

Industries

Transportation · Bridges · Marine · Commercial · Healthcare · Education · Infrastructure

Projects

Sarah Long Bridge

Portsmouth, NH / Kittery, ME · Bridges

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Geotechnical services for bridge spanning Portsmouth, NH to Kittery, ME.

Kosciuszko Bridge

Brooklyn, NY · Bridges

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Geotechnical consulting for the Kosciuszko Bridge project in Brooklyn, NY.

Goethals Bridge

Staten Island, NY / Elizabeth, NJ · Bridges

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Geotechnical services including New Jersey bulkhead design (Work Package SM7A) for the Goethals Bridge.

LGA Delta Airlines Terminal

Queens, NY · Airports

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Geotechnical consulting for the Delta Airlines terminal at LaGuardia Airport.